do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0736/02 by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission. The Comoros.
Date: 2002-03-15
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Community budget, Comoros, EU aid

29.8.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 205 E/207

(2002/C 205 E/220)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0735/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: Cameroon

With reference to Cameroon, can the Commission provide a list of the projects approved for funding from
the European Union’s budget for 2001 and give the total amount for investment in that year?

(2002/C 205 E/221)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0736/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: The Comoros

With reference to the Comoros, can the Commission say which projects were funded from the EU budget
in the 2000 financial year?

Can it also provide details of the total aid provided to the country under all the relevant budget headings
in 2000?

(2002/C 205 E/222)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0737/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: The Comoros

With reference to the Comoros, can the Commission provide a list of the projects approved for funding
from the European Union’s budget for 2001 and give the total amount for investment in that year?

(2002/C 205 E/223)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0738/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: Congo

With reference to Congo, can the Commission say which projects were funded from the EU budget in the
2000 financial year?

Can it also provide details of the total aid provided to the country under all the relevant budget headings
in 2000?

(2002/C 205 E/224)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0739/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: Congo

With reference to Congo, can the Commission provide a list of the projects approved for funding from the
European Union’s budget for 2001 and give the total amount for investment in that year?
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0735/02 by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Cameroon.
Date: 2002-03-15
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Cameroon, Community budget, EU aid

29.8.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 205 E/207

(2002/C 205 E/220)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0735/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: Cameroon

With reference to Cameroon, can the Commission provide a list of the projects approved for funding from
the European Union’s budget for 2001 and give the total amount for investment in that year?

(2002/C 205 E/221)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0736/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: The Comoros

With reference to the Comoros, can the Commission say which projects were funded from the EU budget
in the 2000 financial year?

Can it also provide details of the total aid provided to the country under all the relevant budget headings
in 2000?

(2002/C 205 E/222)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0737/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: The Comoros

With reference to the Comoros, can the Commission provide a list of the projects approved for funding
from the European Union’s budget for 2001 and give the total amount for investment in that year?

(2002/C 205 E/223)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0738/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: Congo

With reference to Congo, can the Commission say which projects were funded from the EU budget in the
2000 financial year?

Can it also provide details of the total aid provided to the country under all the relevant budget headings
in 2000?

(2002/C 205 E/224)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0739/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: Congo

With reference to Congo, can the Commission provide a list of the projects approved for funding from the
European Union’s budget for 2001 and give the total amount for investment in that year?
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.1978 — Telecom Italia/News Television/Stream) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Publications Office of the European Union, database, dissemination of EU information, economic concentration, merger control

C 66/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

15.3.2002

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2485 (cid:151) Verbund/Estag)

(2002/C 66/12)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 14 December 2001 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in German and will be
made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

(cid:151) as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

(cid:151) in electronic form in the (cid:145)CDE(cid:146) version of the CELEX database, under document No 301M2485. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.1978 (cid:151) Telecom Italia/News Television/Stream)

(2002/C 66/13)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 29 June 2000 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare
it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

(cid:151) as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

(cid:151) in electronic form in the (cid:145)CEN(cid:146) version of the CELEX database, under document No 300M1978. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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EUR-OP,
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WRITTEN QUESTION E-0725/02 by Ralf Walter (PSE) to the Commission. EU subsidies for Rheinland-Pfalz in 2001.
Date: 2002-03-15
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, EAGGF Guidance Section, EU aid, EU programme, European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund, Rhineland-Palatinate, environmental policy, research programme

4.7.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 160 E/225

(2002/C 160 E/286)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0656/02

by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(1 March 2002)

Subject: Presumptive VAT in respect of small and medium-sized businesses in Greece

Article 6 of Law 2753/99 stipulates that every three years, beginning in 1999, small and medium-sized
businesses must compare their gross revenue with total unaccounted earnings and, where the former is less
than the latter, VAT is payable on the difference.

Representatives of small and medium-sized businesses in Greece consider that this provision is unjust
because not only is VAT levied retroactively, it is also levied on presumptive sales.

In the Commission’s view, is this a case of presumptive VAT and is such a procedure consistent with
Community legislation?

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(22 March 2002)

The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to the reply it gave to Oral Question H-0151/02 by
Mr Folias during question time at Parliament’s Mars 2002 part-session (1).

(1) Written answer of 12.3.2002.

(2002/C 160 E/287)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0725/02

by Ralf Walter (PSE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: EU subsidies for Rheinland-Pfalz in 2001

What EU funds did Rheinland-Pfalz receive in 2001, and under what measures, from:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF),

the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) = Guidance section,

the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) = Guarantee section,

the European Social Fund (ESF),

the EC research programmes,

the EC programmes for environment

7. other EC programmes?

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(22 March 2002)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its
findings as soon as possible.
Judgment of the Court of 15 March 2002 in Case E-9/00: EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Kingdom of Norway (Failure of a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligations — State retail alcohol monopoly — licensed serving of alcoholic beverages — discrimination)
Date: 2002-03-15
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: EFTA Court, Norway, State monopoly, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, alcohol, restriction on competition, retail selling, trade licence

30.5.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 128/19

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA COURT

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 15 March 2002

in Case E-9/00: EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Kingdom of Norway

(Failure of a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligations — State retail alcohol monopoly — licensed serving of
alcoholic beverages — discrimination)

(2002/C 128/08)

In Case E-9/00: EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Kingdom of Norway — Application for a declaration
that the Kingdom of Norway has failed to comply with the following provisions of the EEA Agreement:
Article 16, by applying two forms of sale at the retail level where beer with an alcohol content of between
2,5 % and 4,75 % by volume, mainly produced domestically, may be sold outside the stores of the State
retail alcohol monopoly (Vinmonopolet), while other beverages with the same alcohol content, mostly
imported from other EEA States, may only be sold through the monopoly; and Article 11, by applying
more restrictive measures regarding licences to serve beverages with an alcohol content of between 2,5 %
and 4,75 % by volume, mostly imported from other EEA States, compared to beer with the same alcohol
content, mainly produced domestically, these measures not being necessary and proportionate in relation
to the objective of safeguarding public health under Article 13, the Court, composed of: Thór Vilhjálmsson
(Judge-Rapporteur), President, Carl Baudenbacher and Per Tresselt, Judges, gave a judgment on 15 March
2002, the operative part of which declares as follows:

The Kingdom of Norway has failed to comply with:

Article 16 of the EEA Agreement, by maintaining two forms of retail sale, whereby beer with an
alcohol content of between 2,5 % and 4,75 % by volume, mainly produced domestically, may be
sold outside Vinmonopolet, while other pre-packaged beverages with the same alcohol content,
mostly imported from other EEA States, may only be sold through the monopoly; and

Article 11 of the EEA Agreement, by applying more restrictive measures regarding licences to serve
pre-packaged beverages with an alcohol content of between 2,5 % and 4,75 % by volume, mostly
imported from other EEA States, compared to beer with the same alcohol content, mainly produced
domestically, which measures are not necessary and proportionate in relation to the objective of
safeguarding public health under Article 13 of the EEA Agreement.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2282 — BT/ESAT Digifone) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Publications Office of the European Union, database, dissemination of EU information, economic concentration, merger control

15.3.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 66/13

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2282 (cid:151) BT/ESAT Digifone)

(2002/C 66/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 16 March 2001 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare
it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

(cid:151) as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

(cid:151) in electronic form in the (cid:145)CEN(cid:146) version of the CELEX database, under document No 301M2282. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2693 (cid:151) ADM/ACTI)

(2002/C 66/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 11 February 2002 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be
made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

(cid:151) as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

(cid:151) in electronic form in the (cid:145)CEN(cid:146) version of the CELEX database, under document No 302M2693. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0738/02 by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Congo.
Date: 2002-03-15
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Community budget, Congo, EU aid

29.8.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 205 E/207

(2002/C 205 E/220)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0735/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: Cameroon

With reference to Cameroon, can the Commission provide a list of the projects approved for funding from
the European Union’s budget for 2001 and give the total amount for investment in that year?

(2002/C 205 E/221)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0736/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: The Comoros

With reference to the Comoros, can the Commission say which projects were funded from the EU budget
in the 2000 financial year?

Can it also provide details of the total aid provided to the country under all the relevant budget headings
in 2000?

(2002/C 205 E/222)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0737/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: The Comoros

With reference to the Comoros, can the Commission provide a list of the projects approved for funding
from the European Union’s budget for 2001 and give the total amount for investment in that year?

(2002/C 205 E/223)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0738/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: Congo

With reference to Congo, can the Commission say which projects were funded from the EU budget in the
2000 financial year?

Can it also provide details of the total aid provided to the country under all the relevant budget headings
in 2000?

(2002/C 205 E/224)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0739/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: Congo

With reference to Congo, can the Commission provide a list of the projects approved for funding from the
European Union’s budget for 2001 and give the total amount for investment in that year?
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2002-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

15.3.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 66/3

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

14 March 2002

(2002/C 66/02)

1 euro

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

7,4322

Danish krone

9,1335

Swedish krona

0,6209

Pound sterling

0,8803

United States dollar

1,4055

Canadian dollar

113,25

Japanese yen

1,4655

Swiss franc

7,7645

Norwegian krone

88,24

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (2)

1,688

Australian dollar

2,0508

New Zealand dollar

10,2335

South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(2) Source: Commission.
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, aid to undertakings, competitiveness, small and medium-sized enterprises

C 66/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

15.3.2002

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the
EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(2002/C 66/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS/07/2001

Member State: Germany

Region: Land of Lower Saxony, district of Oldenburg

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Business promotion scheme for particular
locations in Oldenburg

Legal basis: § 108 der Nieders(cid:228)chsischen Landkreisordnung
(NLO) in der Fassung vom 22.8.1996 (Nieders(cid:228)chsisches Ge-
setz- und Verordnungsblatt S. 365) i.V. mit § 65 der Nieder-
s(cid:228)chsischen Gemeindeordnung (NGO)
in der Fassung vom
22.8.1996 (Nieders(cid:228)chsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt
S. 382)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 409 000

Maximum aid intensity:

The whole district of Oldenburg lies within the national
assisted areas map approved by the Commission

The aid amounts:

(cid:151) in the case of small enterprises, up to 10 %

(cid:151) and in the case of medium-sized enterprises, up to 7,5 %

of eligible investment expenditure.

The rules on the combination of aid are complied with.

Date of implementation: 1 July 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: From 1 July
2001 to 31 December 2006

Objective of aid:

The aid is intended to promote the competitiveness and adapta-
bility of small and medium-sized enterprises in the district of
Oldenburg, to encourage the creation of new jobs and help
safeguard existing ones and thereby to bring about structural
improvements

Rescue and restructuring aid to firms in difficulty (within the
meaning of the Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing
and restructuring firms in difficulty: OJ C 288, 9.10.1999) is
not covered by the measure

Aid may be granted for investment in setting up an estab-
lishment of the enterprise concerned

The aid is granted in the form of investment grants

All depreciable fixed assets, both tangible and intangible,
qualify for assistance

Economic sector(s) concerned:

Companies with their place of business in Oldenburg and from
the following sectors can benefit from this scheme: industrial
and commercial sectors, hotel and restaurants, service

Aid may not be granted to firms in sensitive sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Landkreis Oldenburg
Delmenhorster Stra(cid:223)e 6
D-27793 Wildeshausen

Other information:

Mr Wiechmann
Tel. (044 31) 852 90
Fax (044 31) 854 56
E-mail: ralf.wiechmann@oldenburg-kreis.de
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0741/02 by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Côte d'Ivoire.
Date: 2002-03-15
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Community budget, Côte d'Ivoire, EU aid

C 205 E/208

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

29.8.2002

(2002/C 205 E/225)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0740/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: Côte d’Ivoire

With reference to Côte d’Ivoire, can the Commission say which projects were funded from the EU budget
in the 2000 financial year?

Can it also provide details of the total aid provided to the country under all the relevant budget headings
in 2000?

(2002/C 205 E/226)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0741/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: Côte d’Ivoire

With reference to Côte d’Ivoire, can the Commission provide a list of the projects approved for funding
from the European Union’s budget for 2001 and give the total amount for investment in that year?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-0732/02, E-0733/02, E-0734/02, E-0735/02, E-0736/02,
E-0737/02, E-0738/02, E-0739/02, E-0740/02 and E-0741/02
given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission

(13 May 2002)

The Commission is sending the information requested direct
Parliament’s Secretariat.

to the Honourable Member and to

(2002/C 205 E/227)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0742/02

by Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

Subject: Construction of a dam on the Rio Mouro (Portugal)

(15 March 2002)

According to local councillors who are members of the Association of Parishes of the Vale do Mouro in
northern Portugal, it is proposed to construct a dam incorporating a 50-metre-long wall on the Mouro
river (a tributary of the Minho), which could destroy a whole ecosystem.

The scheme under attack, which emanates from the company ‘Águas do Minho e Lima’, appears to have
been promised Community funding. The local councillors argue that alternatives exist, such as river-based
collection, which would not call for a dam.

The Commission:

1. Can it confirm that the scheme for a dam on the Mouro river has been promised Community

funding?

2.

If so, can it state whether an environmental
consideration has been given to alternative solutions?

impact assessment will be carried out, and whether